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Officer who killed black motorist pleads guilty

According to the agreement, prosecutors will ask the court to apply sentencing guidelines for a second-degree murder , CNN reports . Slager was facing two...

Trump says he's committed to helping solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict

This was the first face-to-face meeting with a United States president for Mr Abbas, who has low popularity ratings in Palestine at the moment. "And I think y...

North Korea wants South Korea to extradite spy chief

Hwang Woo-yea, the education minister under Ms Park, said that they were meant to teach "the proud history of South Korea, which has achieved both democratisati...

Comey 'better hope' there are no tapes of talks, says Trump

James Comey was sacked on Tuesday by President Trump, and the first, official explanation for the decision given by the White House was that it was due to his b...

West Brom 0-1 Chelsea: Batshuayi The Hero As Blues Seal Title

Failing to make a single Premier League start for the club, there have been rumours that he could be shipped out this summer to accommodate a glamorous new sign...

Jakarta governor given 2-year prison sentence for blasphemy

Ahok said candidates running against him were lying when they claimed the Quran says Muslims should not vote for non-Muslims to rule them. Thereafter, the gover...

Israel Reprimands Swedish Ambassador Over UNESCO Vote Denying Ties to Jerusalem

Netanyahu went on to note, however, that the number of countries who voted in favor of the resolution had dropped significantly compared to similar UNESCO resol...

Trump Says He Was Always Going to Fire FBI Director

Mr Spicer agreed, noting that all Americans are entitled to their First Amendment rights, but said Mr Comey should not divulge classified information. "He's a s...

Massive Ransomware Infection Hits Computers In 99 Countries

Officials and experts identified the type of malware as "Wanna Cry", also known as " Wanna Decryptor ". It is the first piece of self-spreading ransomware, s...

Former Florida lawmaker found guilty of fraud

Brown was found guilty of counts charging her with conspiracy, concealing material facts on required financial disclosure forms, filing false tax returns and r...

North Korea warns of more nukes if United States imposes new sanctions

The UN Security Council North Korea sanctions committee has been meeting with regional blocs at the United Nations to push for enforcement of existing sanctions...

China's Xi discusses nuclear issue with new S.Korean president

The North's KCNA state news agency last week accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) of a plot to ass...

Two accidents reported on I-95, one involving FHP trooper

Paramedics were called and the boy was rushed to Osceola Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Olivares and the other passenger of the vehicle r...

Perils For All Three Parties in Minority Government Deals

With all polls reporting, Leonard, a former Courtenay councillor, edged out Liberal candidate Jim Benninger by just nine votes in one of the most nail-biting fi...

Russian Federation to create conditions for indigenous peoples' participation in Arctic Council

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, seated right, and U.S. Sen. The representatives also state that they recognise that "activities taking place outside th...

Syria engulfed in turmoil as safe-zones take effect

Meanwhile, the report cited a breakaway Syrian officer with the rebels as confirming the Turkish army's preparation to enter Idlib to establish military bases t...

Madrid eliminates Atletico, reaches Champions League final

Facing an uphill task following last week's forgettable 3-0 defeat away from home, Atletico fought back to win Wednesday's return leg 2-1 at the Vicente Calde...

Trump admits Russian Federation probe played into Comey's firing

Mr. Trump didn't expand on whether the Russian Federation investigation influenced his decision to dismiss the FBI director, although in his letter firing Com...

The Pentagon Is Officially Investigating Michael Flynn Over Foreign Payments

The Pentagon's acting inspector-general's office confirmed he had launched an inquiry into whether those payments qualified as coming from foreign governments a...

PM calls up French President-elect to congratulate him

Macron's En Marche party now has no seats in parliament, though an opinion poll last week predicted it would emerge as the largest in the parliamentary election...

Truce in Syria safe zones mostly observed

Neither the regime nor the opposition signed the agreement. The plan is the latest worldwide attempt to reduce violence in war-ravaged Syria . There have b...

Turkish army, Syrian Kurdish militia in new clashes: army

The U.S. moved troops and armored vehicles through several Syrian cities and towns on Friday and Saturday in a show of force apparently meant to dissuade Turkey...

Trump's first 100 days and the FX market

Trump says the media are trapped at the dinner in Washington and he predicts it will be "very, very boring". "Donald Trump, sworn in as president 100 days ago...

Palestinian president hopeful after talks with Trump

And I want to support you in being the Palestinian leader who signs his name to the final and most important peace agreement that brings safety, stability, and ...

Donald Trump to visit Middle East on first official trip

The formal announcement of the visit said Trump would meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the trip but did not say where he would mee...

North Korean university draws US evangelicals despite risks

Mr Moon told President Xi Jinping that North Korean provocations had to stop before the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) system c...

South Korea's new leader discusses North Korea, defence system with China's Xi

South Korea has upset China, its biggest trading partner, by agreeing to the deployment of a USA missile defense system on its territory. His appointment requir...

Trump, top Russian Federation envoy to meet at White House

In a shock move on Tuesday, Trump sacked FBI chief James Comey, the man overseeing federal investigations into suspected Kremlin interference in the 2016 USA vo...

International Court of Justice stays Jadhav's hanging in Pakistan

The case between the arch rivals is likely to be heard next week at the Hague. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said Pakistan wou...

Glasgow City Council's new SNP leader 'open to coalition deal'

Tony Blair's landslide victory 20 years ago all but wiped out Scottish Conservatism, with the party failing to win a Westminster seat in 1997 and never holding ...